desegregate
verb
de·seg·re·gate
(ˌ)dē-ˈse-gri-ˌgāt 
desegregated; desegregating; desegregates
: to eliminate segregation in
specifically
: to free of any law, provision, or practice requiring isolation of the members of a particular race in separate units
: to become desegregated
Examples of desegregate in a Sentence
efforts to desegregate the town's buses
Eventually the city's schools desegregated.
Recent Examples on the Web
In 1959, the Fort Worth chapter of the NAACP filed a lawsuit to desegregate.
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Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
Erica Parise / Apple TV+ In 1969, for example, the Supreme Court ruled that school districts had to desegregate immediately, and 250,000 people marched on the nation's capital to protest the Vietnam War.
—Arturo Conde, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2024
Though she is known as an icon of the civil rights movement and equitable schooling, Ruby Bridges' role in desegregating schools actually cost her a quality education.
—A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez, Parents, 18 Jan. 2024
Shuttlesworth also takes Baldwin to the streetside where, in 1957, he and his wife were attacked by Klansmen for attempting to desegregate a high school.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2024
In 1948, after meeting with military recruiters, 17-year-old Carl packed his bags and joined the U.S. Navy, which had only been desegregated two years before his enlistment.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 26 Feb. 2024
When the schools were officially desegregated, how did that impact the student experience at Lincoln?
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
The importance of the economic issue faced stiff competition from the rising Cold War, the enactment of the Marshall Plan, the Berlin airlift, the formation of Israel and the subsequent First Arab-Israeli War, Mr. Truman’s decision to desegregate the military and the rise of the Dixiecrats.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
But after schools across the US were ordered to desegregate, many of the Rosenwald schools became vacant and faced demolition.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
Erica Parise / Apple TV+ In 1969, for example, the Supreme Court ruled that school districts had to desegregate immediately, and 250,000 people marched on the nation's capital to protest the Vietnam War.
—Arturo Conde, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2024
Though she is known as an icon of the civil rights movement and equitable schooling, Ruby Bridges' role in desegregating schools actually cost her a quality education.
—A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez, Parents, 18 Jan. 2024
Shuttlesworth also takes Baldwin to the streetside where, in 1957, he and his wife were attacked by Klansmen for attempting to desegregate a high school.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2024
In 1948, after meeting with military recruiters, 17-year-old Carl packed his bags and joined the U.S. Navy, which had only been desegregated two years before his enlistment.
—Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 26 Feb. 2024
When the schools were officially desegregated, how did that impact the student experience at Lincoln?
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
The importance of the economic issue faced stiff competition from the rising Cold War, the enactment of the Marshall Plan, the Berlin airlift, the formation of Israel and the subsequent First Arab-Israeli War, Mr. Truman’s decision to desegregate the military and the rise of the Dixiecrats.
—Nate Cohn, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
But after schools across the US were ordered to desegregate, many of the Rosenwald schools became vacant and faced demolition.
—Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
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desegregate
verb
de·seg·re·gate
(ˈ)dē-ˈseg-ri-ˌgāt
: to eliminate segregation in
especially
: to end by law the isolation of members of a particular race in separate units
desegregate city schools
desegregation
noun
(ˌ)dē-ˌseg-ri-ˈgā-shən
Legal Definition
desegregate
transitive verb
de·seg·re·gate
dē-ˈse-grə-ˌgāt
desegregated; desegregating
: to eliminate segregation in
specifically
: to free from any law, provision, or practice requiring isolation of the members of a particular race in separate units
: to become desegregated
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